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On the Water

(Paperback, Main)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

On the Water

Contributors:

By (Author) On the Water Hans van den Brink
Translated by Paul Vincent

ISBN:

9780571209248

Publisher:

Faber & Faber

Imprint:

Faber & Faber

Publication Date:

1st July 2005

UK Publication Date:

14th January 2002

Edition:

Main

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

839.3164

Prizes:

Short-listed for Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2002

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

144

Dimensions:

Width 125mm, Height 196mm, Spine 8mm

Weight:

106g

Description

Two young oarsmen are trained as a coxless pair by a mysterious German coach in the golden summer of pre-war Amsterdam. Through the pressure and rapture of physical exertion, teamwork and victory, Anton the shy outsider and calmly self-confident David forge an intense relationship. But on the wintry eve of Holland's liberation, Anton stands on the bank of his beloved river and mourns a lost world: David has disappeared during the Nazi occupation and the boathouse is now derelict and deserted.

Reviews

'Rarely have sport and literature combined so seamlessly to produce such a small miracle of a book'. Daniel Topolski, Guardian

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